technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. >>> welcome back, everybody. just in, the latest jobless numbers. christine romans has a look for us. what have you got? >> big drop in the number of people lining up for the very first time for unemployment benefits last week. that's a big drop from the week before. 30,000 fewer claims filed. i want to put this in perspective for you. i tell you this every week. this is the trend. if you look at this chart from the st. louis fed, this is the trend of jobless claims back to '07. right now at the very end, it's continuing to trend lower, lot better than that huge spike. >> i'm watching to see what jack welch tweets. >> dow futures are up a 15,000 points right now. >> interesting. >>> john berman has our headlines for us. >> fungal meningitis outbreak goes up. two lawmakers are introducing two bills to strengthen the fda's ability to oversee, compounding facilities, including necc. 11 people died, hardest hit states, tennessee, michigan, virginia and maryla